URGENT: Airplane catches fire on landing near Astana
19:22, 1 June 2012
ASTANA. June 1. KAZINFORM A plane caught on fire while landing in Akmola region. Two people were injured as a result of the incident, press service of the regional internal affairs department reports.
Two men - a 46-year-old pilot and a 17-year-old student of one of the Astana schools were taken to a hospital with thermal burns. According to the latest reports, both men are being treated at the intensive care unit.
TL-2000 airplane burst into flames while landing 12 km away from Astana.